Type-writing machine.



PATENTED Nov. 5, 1907.

P. E. REES, TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PERLEY E. REES, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO DENSMORE TYPEWRITER COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPE -WRITING MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

Application filed July 26, 1906. Serial No. 327,847.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PnnLEY E. REES, a citizen of.

the United States, and resident of Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented.

certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Writing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to typewriting machines and more particularly to ribbon feed mechanism.

The main object of my invention is to provide efiicient mechanism by which any desired field of a ribbon having a plurality of fields of different characteristics may be brought to operative position and by which a transverse, as well as a longitudinal, feed of the ribbon may be effected when certain of said fields is presented to operative position, and by which only a longitudinal feed of the ribbon may be effected when certain other of said Iields is presented to operative position.

To the above and other ends which will hereinafter appear my invention consists in the features of construction, arrangements of parts and combinations of devices to be described in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts in the various views. Figure l is a side elevation with parts broken away and parts omitted of one form of typewriting machine showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a detailfragmentary side elevation of a portion of the ribbon mechanism to be hereinafter more fully described. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the machine with parts omitted and parts broken away, the section being taken on the line of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrow at said line. Figs. 4 and 5 are views which correspond to Fig. 2 except that the parts are shown in different positions. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail fragmentary perspective view of a portion of the ribbon actuating mechanism. Fig. 7 is a detail isometric view on an enlarged scale of an actuating lever forming part of the ribbon mechanism as will be'hereinafter more clearly described.

I have shown my invention applied to a Densmore typewriting machine and to a ribbon mechanism of the character disclosed in the application of Oscar Woodward, Serial No. 223,172, dated September 3rd, 1904, but it should be understood that the invention may be employed in other styles of typewriting machines and in connection with other styles of ribbon driving mechanism.

The frame of the machine comprises a base 1, corner posts 2 and a top plate 3. Uprights 4 project above the top plate and support a guide rod 5 which is grooved at 6 to receive anti-friction balls 7 which likewise cooperate with a surrounding sleeve 8. A truck 9 is connected to-the sleeve 8 and is provided with a grooved rack:10 which cooperates with guide rollers 11 carried by brackets 12 secured to the top plate of the machine. A yoke 1.3, carried by a carriage frame 14, cooperates with the sleeve 8 to support the rear end of the carriage frame and to afford a movement thereof fore and aft of the machine to change the case position of the platen. The platen 15 is connected to a platen frame 16 by a platen shaft 17 which is received in slotted bearings 18 in the carriage frame 14. The forward end of the carriage frame carries a grooved track 19 which bears on rollers 20 carried by a bar which is supported on upright arms 21 pivoted at 22 and adapted to be shifted by suitable means (not shown) to change the case position of the platen. Key levers 23 are pivoted in the base of the machine at 24; each key lever being associated with a restoring spring 25 and carrying a finger key 26. A link 27 is pivoted at its lower end 28 to a key lever and at its upper end 29 to a sub-lever 30, pivoted at 31 to a type bar hanger 32. The free end of each sub-lever is slotted to receive a type bar 33 pivoted to a type bar hanger at 34. Each key lever has an upwardly extending hooklike arm 35 which extends over a universal bar 36 that has rearwardly extending arms 37 at the ends thereof, said arms being pivoted at 38 in the base of the machine. An upwardly extending link 39 is pivoted at 40 to the universal bar frame and is connected at its upper end to the forwardly extending arm 41 of a dog rocker, the rock shaft 42 of which is pivoted in a bracket 43 which projects rearwardly from and is secured to the top plate of the machine; An upwardly directed arm 44 of the dog rocker carries feed dogs 45 which cooperate with an escapement wheel 46 mounted in bearings in the arms 47 and 48 of the bracket 43. The escapement wheel is operatively connected in the usual manner to a shaft 49 which has a feed pinion 50 secured thereto at its forward end. A feed rack 51 is connected at its ends to rearwardly extending arms 52 which are pivoted to the carriage truck at 53. A spring drum 54 has one end of a band 55 connected thereto at 56, the other end of the band being connected to the carriage. A springpressed pawl 57 is pivoted on the forward face of the drum by a pivot screw 58 and cooperates with a ratchet wheel 59 mounted on the same axis on which the spring drum turns but which is independent of said spring drum, so that during the forward feed movement of the carriage from right to left the ratchet wheel 59 will be turned with the spring drum through the pawl 57 to effect a feed of the ribbon, as will hereinafter more clearly appear, but so that the ratchet wheel 59 will remain at rest when the carriage is moved to the right and no feed movement will be imparted to the ribbon at this time. A gear wheel 60 is rigidly connected to the ratchet wheel 59 and meshes with a pinion 61 which actuates the ribbon mechanism.

The mechanism thus far described constitutes parts of the Densmore machine and further description thereof is deemed unnecessary. The pinion 61 is secured to a shaft 62 that turns in a bearing 63. The shaft 62 extends beyond the bearing at the forward end thereof and has a cam 64 secured thereto, the purpose of said cam being to effect a rotation of the ribbon spools and a longitudinal feed of the ribbon. Thus, from an inspection of Fig. 6 it will be observed that the cam 64 cooperates with anti-friction rollers 65 on opposite sides thereof, said rollers being connected to an actuating member 66 by headed screws (57. The actuating member 66 extends from side to side of the machine as indicated in Fig. 3 and carries at each end oppositely disposed feed pawls 68, 69. The pawls have ratchet teeth 70 which cooprrate with ratchet wheels 71, 72 through which the ribbon spools are rotated. A coiled spring 73 is connected at its ends With each pair of feed pawls and tends to draw them toward each other, the pawls being pivoted at 74. Each end of the actuating member 66 is bifurcated to form arms 75 which are situated on opposite sides of grooved hubs 76 (see Fig. l) to support and guide the actuating device in its horizontal reciprocating movements effected through the cooperation of the cam 64- therewith. A rock shaft 77 is mounted at its ends in the base of the machine and carries near each end th ereof an upwardly projecting arm 7 8, which is rigidly connected to the shaft. The upper end of each crank arm 78 is connected as at 79 to a reversing device 80 bifurcated at its lower end as at 81 for cooperation with the rock shaft 77. Each ofthe reversing devices extends up beyond the point of its connection 79 and is formed with a cam 82 thereon, the cam at one side of the machine extending forwardly and the cam at the opposite side of the machine extending rearwardly as indicated in Fig. 1. Each of the cams 82 is adapted to pass into the space between the associated pawls 68, 69 and when one cam is in position between the pawls 68, as indicated in Fig. 3, and forces them out of engagement with their associated ratchet wheel 71, the cam 82 on the reversing device at'the other side of the machine will be withdrawn from between the pawls 69 and they will be forced into engagement with the associated ratchet wheel 72 by the coiled spring 73 connected therewith, as indicated at the right-hand side of Fig. 3. A forwardly extending link 83 is pivoted at 84 to each of the crank arms 78 and extends forwardly therefrom and is bifurcated at its forward end as at 85 for cooperation with a fixed guide pin 86. The links 83 constitute portions of the automatic and also the hand actuated means by which the rock shaft 77 may be turned to effect an actuation of the reversing devices to bring about a reversal in the longitudinal feed of the ribbon. This mechanism is similar to that disclosed in the application of Oscar Woodward referred to above, but as this mechanism constitutes no part of my present invention further reference thereto is deemed unnecessary. Each of the ratchet wheels 71, T 2 is rigidly connected to a ribbon spool shaft 87 which carries a ribbon spool 88 that is connected to turn with its shaft but is free to receive axial movement thereon to effect a transverse feed of the ribbon. From the foregoing description it will be understood that the direction of the longitudinal feed of the ribbon is determined by the positions of the cams 82. If, for instance, the cam 82 at the right-hand side of the machine, as viewed in Fig. 3, be withdrawn from between the pawls 69, then said pawls become operative to engage the ratchet wheel 72 and to turn the right-hand ribbon spool, and the pawls 68 at the other side of the machine will be cammed out of engagement and their reciprocation is ineffective to turn the ratchet wheel 71, so that the left-hand ribbon spool turns freely at this time. It will be understood, therefore, that a rotation of the cam or driving device 64, effected through a feed movement of the carriage is operative to reciprocate the device 66 and the reciprocation of said device turns one or the other of the ribbon spools irrespective of the axial positions of the spools on their shafts 87 The ribbon A is divided in the present instance into two longitudinal inking fields a and b having different characteristics. Thus, one field a may be black and the other red or some such contrasting color, or one field a may be copying ribbon and the other record ribbon. I prefer to make one of the fields a of greater width than the other, or seldom used, field I) and to effect a transverse as well as a longitudinal feed of the ribbon when the wider field a is in use in order that this entire field of the ribbon may be used. For this purpose I have provided means for automatically effecting an axial movement of the ribbon spools as well as a rotation thereof when the one field of the ribbon is in use and for rendering said axially moving means inoperative when the other field is in an operative position and have provided hand-actuated means for moving the spools axially to bring either field "into operative position and to control the connections by which the automatic axial movement of the spools is effected, which mechanism will now be described.

A guide frame 89 is connected with each ribbon spool and extends upwardly therefrom to guide the ribbon A from its associated spool up over the top plate, whence it passes to the other spool where it cooperates with a similar guiding device. A rock shaft 90'is mounted at its ends in bearings in the base of the machine and has upwardly disposed crank arms 91 which are pivotally connected at their upper ends as at 92 to the ribbon guides 89. A rocking motion transmitted to the rock shaft 90 will effect an axial movement of the ribbon spools along the shaft 87.,

From an inspection of Fig. 6 it will be seen that a heart-shaped cam 93 is secured to the shaft 62 forward of the cam 64. A link 94 is provided with anti-friction rollers 95 that are disposed on opposite sides of the cam 93 and are connected to the link 9st by shouldered pivot screws 96. The link 94 is slotted at 97 to receive the stem of a headed shouldered screw 98 in order to guide the link in its vertical movement transmitted thereto by the cam 93, the axis of this screw coinciding with that of the shaft 62. The lower end of the link 94 is pivoted at 99 to a lever 100 which is pivoted on a headed shouldered screw 10] threaded into an'opening in an inwardly projecting lug 102 and extends from the base of the machine at the left-hand side thereof. This lever 100 is shown in detail in Fig. 7 and comprises a lever arm to which the link 94 is pivoted and a member or arm 103 that is secured to the other arm by headed screws 104, the stems of said screws passing through the slots 105 in 'order to afford an adjustment between the arms 100 and 103. A two-part device is pivoted at 106 to the member 103 and is in the nature of a two-part convertible link comprising a member 107 which is slotted at 108 to receive a headed pin 109 carried by the free end of the other link member 110, the latter being pivoted at 111 to the crank arm 91. The rear end of an actuating device 112 is pivoted to the member 107, as indicated at 113, the forward end of the device carrying a finger piece 114 by which it may be actuated. The member 112 has a slot 115 which receives a fixed pin 116 to support and guide the forward end of the hand-actuated controlling device. The pin 116 is carried by a bracket 117 secured to the base of the machine by a screw 118.

The relations of the parts of the construction are such that each of the members of the two-part link may be moved to either one of two positions by the hand-actuated controlling device 112. By a forward movement of the device to the position shown in Fig. 1, the pivots 106, 113 and 111 will be brought into substantial alinement and the position of the pin 109 will be slightly below a line 0 drawn through said pivots, and then the parts of the device or link are locked against accidental relative displacement and constitute a rigid link or connection between the actuating lever 100-103 and the crank arm 91 and any motion imparted to the lever will be transmitted through said link to the crank arm 91v When, however, the finger piece receives a rearward movement, in order to move the controlling device 112 to the position shown in Fig. 5, a change in the relation of the parts of the two-part link will be effected and the device will act as a lost-motion connection between the lever 100-103 and the crank arm 91, so that no movement can be transmitted through said device from the lever to the crank arm. Thus an upward and downward movement of the link 94 as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 will merely result in the lever 100103 being moved back and forth between the positions shown in said figures and the effect of this movement will be to cause the members 107 and 110 to be rocked on their respective pivots 106 and 111 without transmitting movement to the crank arm 91 and no axial movement will be given the ribbon spools. The same movement of the controlling device 112 which changes the relation between the members of the two-part link also effects a positioning or axial movement of the ribbon spools to bring the desired field a or b of the ribbon A to the operative position to receive the impacts of the type. From an examination of Fig. 1 of the drawings it will be seen that when the controlling device 112 is moved to the position shown in this figure that the field a of the ribbon is in the path of the types or is in operative position, and that the members of the two-part link are so disposed that they constitute a positive or rigid connection between the lever 101-103 and the crank arm 91, and any movement transmitted to the lever from the cam 93 will produce an axial movement of the rib bon spools. It will be understood that the throw of the cam 93 is such that the axial movement given to the spools by the cam will cause a widthwise movement of the ribbon which corresponds substantially to the width of the field a thereof, and that in this transverse movement of the ribbon the field a alone will be presented to the operative position. lVhen the controlling device 112 is moved rearwardly by the finger piece 114 the members of the two-part link will be in the positions shown in Fig. 4, for instance, and this same movement is effective to move the ribbon spools axially to bring the field b of the ribbon to the operative position so that the impact of the types will be against the field 6. During the actuation of the machine the cam 93 will continue to rotate, causing the lever 100 103 to be vibrated, but the effect of this movement on the twopart link is merely to cause one member to move relatively to the other without vibrating the crank arm 91 so that no transverse movement will be given to the ribbon While the field b is presented in the operative position, although the rotation of the cam 64 will produce a reciprocatory movement of the actuating device 66, thus causing a rotation of the engaged spool so that a longitudinal feed of the ribbon is effected. This longitudinal feed of the ribbon is effected irrespective of the field of the ribbon which is presented to the operative position.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that 1 have provided means for automatically effecting a longitudinal feed of the ribbon and means for automatically effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon; that said last mentioned means comprises convertible connections 107110 between the cam or driving device 93 and the ribbon spools and which are operative during the longitudinal feed of the ribbon either as positive or lostmotion connections; that in one case a transverse as well as a longitudinal feed of the ribbon will be effected, whereas in the other case a longitudinal feed only of the ribbon will be effected, and that the hand-actuated controlling device 112 is connected with said converti= ble connections and is operative to change the relation between the parts of said connections so that they will operate either as a positive or lost motion connection and is also operative to shift the ribbon spools axially to bring any desired field of the ribbon to operative position.

Various changes may be made without departing from my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: r

1. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of different characteristics; means for automatically effecting a longitudinal feed of the ribbon irrespective of which field is in an operative position; means for automatically effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon, said last mentioned means comprising connections, some of whose elements are adapted to have their relations changed so that when one field of the ribbon is in an operative position a transverse feed of the ribbon can be automatically effected, and when another held of the ribbon is in operative position no automatic transverse feed of the ribbon shall be effected; and hand actuated controlling means for bringing the desired field of the ribbon to operative position and for changing the relations between some of said elements.

In a typewriting machine, the combination of a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of different characteristics; means for automatically effecting a longitudinal feed of the ribbon irrespective of which field is in an operative position; means for automatically effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon; said last mentioned means comprising constantly united connections, certain of the elements of which are adapted to have their relations changed so that when one field of the ribbon is in an operative position a transverse feed of the ribbon can be automatically effected through said connections and when another field of the ribbon is in an operative position the connections shall be inoperative to transmit automatic transverse feed to the ribbon; and hand actuated controlling means for bringing the desired field of the ribbon to operative position and for changing the relations between saidelements.

In a typewriting machine, the combination of ribbon spools; a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of different characteristics; means for automatically effecting a longitudinal feed of the ribbon irrespective of which field is in an operative position; means for automatically effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon, said last mentioned means comprising convertible connections operative during the feed of the ribbon either as positive or lost-mo tion connections and hand actuated means for controlling said connections and for shifting the ribbon transversely to bring the desired field to an operative position.

4. In a typewriting machine, the combination of ribbon spools; a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of (lilferent characteristics; means for automatically eiIect ing a longitudinal feed of the ribbon irrespective of which field is in an operative position; means for automatically effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon, said last mentioned means comprising convertible connections operative either as positive or lost-motion connections, the connections being operative as lost-motion connections when one field of the ribbon is in an operative position so that no transverse feed thereof will be effected, and operative as positive connections when another field of the ribbon is in an operative position so as to effect a transverse feed of the ribbon; and hand actuated means for converting said connections into either positive or lost motion connections as desired.

In a typewriting machine, the combination of ribbon spools; a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of different characteristics; means for automatically effecting a longitudinal feed of the ribbon irrespective of which field is in an operative position; means for automatically effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon, said last mentioned means comprising a driving device and a convcrtible connection between said driving device and the ribbon spools to move them axially to effect a transverse feed of I the ribbon when one field thereof is in an operative position. and to move certain of the connections without moving the ribbon spools axially when another field is in an operative position so'that no transverse feed of the ribbon shall thus be effected; and hand-actuated means for controlling the relations between the parts of said connections to determine which field of the ribbon shall be presented in an operative position and to determine whether or not said connections shall be operative to effect an axial movement of the ribbon spools.

6. In a typewriting machine, the combination of ribbon spools; a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of different characteristics; means for automatically effecting a longitudinal feed of the ribbon irrespective of which field is in an operative position; means for automatically effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon, said last mentioned means comprising a two-part link; and means for changing the relations between the parts of said link, a

transverse feed of the ribbon being effected when the parts of the link are in certain relative positions and no trans verse feed of the ribbon being effected when the parts of the link have other relative positions.

7. In a typewriting machine. the combination of a rib,

bon having longitudinally extending fields of different characteristics; means for automatically effecting a longitudinal feed of the ribbon irrespective of which field is in an operative position; means for automatically effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon, said last mentioned means comprising a two-part link; and means for chang ing the relations between the parts of said link, both parts of the link moving together as one part to effect a transverse feed of the ribbon when the parts of the link are set in certain relative positions and the parts of the link moving relatively to each other and no transverse feed of the ribbon being effected when the parts of the link are set in other relative positions.

8. In a typewriting machine, the combination of ribbon spools; a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of different characteristics means for automatically effecting a longitudinal feed of the ribbon irrespective of which field is in an operative position means for automatically effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon, said last mentioned means comprising a two-part link; and means for changing the relations between the parts of said link, the twopart link working as a lost motion, connection in one condition and as a positive connection in another condition.

9. In a typewriting machine, the combination of ribbon spools; a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of different characteristics means for automatically effecting a longitudinal feed of the ribbon irrespective of which field is in an operative position means for automatically effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon, said last mentioned means comprising a driving device, and a connection between said driving device and the ribbon spools, said connection including a two-part link; and hand actuated means for changing the relations between the parts of said link, so that it shall work as a lost motion connection in one condition and as a positive connection in another condition.

10. In a typewriting machine, the combination of ribbon spools; a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of different characteristics means for automatically cifecting a longitudinal feed of the ribbon irrespective of which field is in an operative position means for automatically effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon, said last mentioned means comprising a cam, and connections between said cam and said ribbon spools to move them axially, said connections including a two-part device; and hand actuated means for changing the relations of the parts of said device so that when one of the fields of the ribbon is in an operative position said device will act as a lost motion device and no axial movement will be given the ribbon spools, and when another field of the ribbon is in the operative position it will act as a positive connection and axial movement will be given the ribbon spools.

11. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage; ribbon spools; a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of difierent characteristics; means controlled by the feed movement of the carriage for rotating said ribbon spools irrespective of which field of the ribbon is in an operative position; and means controlled by the feed movement of the carriage for effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon, said last mentioned means including a two-part device that operates as a positive connection to effect an axial movement of the ribbon spools when one field of the ribbon is in an operative position, and as a lost motion connection when another field of the ribbon is in an operative position so that no axial movement will be given the ribbon spools.

12. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage; ribbon spools; a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of different characteristics; means controlled by the feed movement of the carriage for rotating said ribbon spools irrespective of which field of the ribbon z is in an operative position; and means controlled by the feed movement of the carriage for effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon, said last mentioned means comprising a cam, a two-part device actuated by said cam, and connections between said two-part device and the ribbon spools; and means for changing the relations between the members of said two-part device so as to render it either a positive connection or 'a lost motion connection.

13. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage; ribbon spools; a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of different characteristics; means controlled by the feed movement of the carriage for rotating said ribbon spools irrespective of which field of the ribbon is in an operative position; and means controlled by the feed movement of the carriage for effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon, said last mentioned means comprising a driving device, a'rock shaft actuated by said driving de vice, and a two-part link between said rock-shaft and the ribbon spools; and means for changing the relations between the members of said link so that it will act either as a positive or a lost motion connection between the parts as may be desired.

14. In a typewriting machine, the combination of ribbon spools; a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of different characteristics; means for automatically rotating said ribbon spools irrespective of which field of the ribbon is in an operative position; and means for automatically effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon, said last men tioned means comprising a driving device, and connections between said driving device and ribbon spools to move them axially, said connections being convertible into either a lost motion connection or a positive connection, as may be desired.

15. In a typewriting machine, the combination of ribbon spools; a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of different characteristics; means for automatically rotating said ribbon spools irrespective of which field of the ribbon 5 is in an operative position; and means for automatically effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon, said last mentioned means comprising a driving device and connections between said driving device, and ribbon spools to move them axially, said connections being convertible into either lost motion connections or positive connections, as may be desired.

16. In a typewriting machine, the combination of rib bon spools; a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of diiferent characteristics; means for automatically rotating said ribbon-spools irrespective of which field of the ribbon is in an operative position; and means for au tomatically ett'ecting a transverse feed of the ribbon, said last-mentioned means comprising an automatically actu ated driving device, a rock shaft actuated by said driving device, and a two-part link between said rock shaft and the ribbon spools; and hand actuated means for changing the relations of the parts of said link so that it will act either as a positive or a lost motion connection.

17. In a typewriting machine, the combination of 21 ca -iage; ribbon spools; a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of diit'erent characteristics; means controlled by the feed movement of the carriage for rotating said ribbon spools irrespective of which field of the ribbon is in an operative p' ition; means controlled by the feed movement of the carriage for effecting a transverse feed of the ribbon, said last-mentioned means comprising a cam that is turned by a feed movement of the carriage, a rock shaft actuated by said cam, and a two-part link between the rock shaft and said ribbon spools for moving them axially; and hand actuated controllingmeans cooperating with said link and operative thereon to cause it to act either as a lost motion connection and render it inetlective to produce an axial movement of the ribbon spools when one field of the ribbon is in an operative position, or to act as a positive connection to effect an axial movement of the spools when another field of the ribbon is in an operative position, as may be desired.

18. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the carriage-driving mechanism, of a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields, and means for feeding the ribbon transve sely when one field is in use, said means including permanently connected devices between the ribbon and the carriage-driving mechanism and movable rela tively by hand to render said means inoperative on the ribbon.

15). In a typewriting machine, the combination with the ca 'iagedriving mechanism of a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields, and means for feeding the ribbon transversely when one field is in use, said means including two pivoted devices permanently connected together and permanently connected with the carriagedriving mechanism and ribbon and movable angularly by hand to render said means inoperative on the ribbon.

20. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the carriage-driving mechanism of a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields, means for feeding the ribbon transversely when one field is in use, said means includ-' ing two pivoted devices permanently connected together and with the carriage-driving mechanism and movable angularly by hand to render said means inoperative on the ribbon, and means for feeding the ribbon longitudinally irrespective of which field is inuse.

21. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the carriage-driving mechanism, of a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields, and means for feeding the ribbon transversely when'one field is in use, said means including a link composed of parts movable relatively by hand to render said means inoperative on the ribbon.

22. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the carriage-driving mechanism, of a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields, and means for feeding the ribbon transversely when one field is in use, said means including a link composed of parts pivoted together between the ends of the link and to cooperative devices at the ends of the link, the parts of said link being angularly movable by hand to render said means inoperative on the ribbon.

In a typewriting machine, the combination with the carriage-driving mechanism, of a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields, means for feeding the ribbon transversely when one field is in use, said means including a link composed of parts pivoted together between the. ends of the link and to cooperative devices at the ends of the link, the parts of said link being angularly movable by hand to render said means inoperative on the ribbon, and means for feeding the ribbon longitudinally irre spective of Which field is in use.

\ 2-1. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the carriagedriving mechanism, of a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields, and means for feeding the ribbon transversely when one field is in use, said means including v a link composed of parts pivoted together between the ends of the link and to cooperative devices at the ends of the link, one of said parts containing a slot and the other having on it a stud extending through said slot, and the parts of said link being angular-1y movable by hand to render said means inoperative on the ribbon.

25. In a typewriting machine, the combination with can riage-driving mechanism, of a ribbon having longitu dinally extending fields, means for feeding the ribbon transversely when one field is in use, said means including a link composed of parts pivoted together between the ends of the link and to cooperative devices at the ends of the link, one of said parts containing a slot and the other having on it a stud extending through said slot, and the parts of said link being angularly movable by hand to render said means inoperative on the ribbon, and means for feeding the ribbon longitudinally irrespective of which field is in use.

26. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a ribbon guide, a ribbon having longitudinally extending fields of different characteristics, means for bringing and maintaining either field at the printing point and for feeding the ribbon transversely when one field is in use, said means including a link composed of parts movable relatively by hand to render said means inoperative on the ribbon.

Signed at Kansas City, in the county' of Jackson, and State of Missouri this 21st day of July A. D. 1906.

PERLEY E. REES.

Witnesses WILEY F. SPENCER,

FRANK R. WATKINS. 

